galligaskins

(gal′i gas′kinz)

plural noun

loosely fitting breeches worn in the 16th and 17th cent.: later applied humorously to any loose breeches
Brit., Dialectal leggings or gaiters

Origin: altered < Fr garguesque < OFr greguesque < It grechesca < Grechesca, Grecian (hence, orig., “Grecian breeches”)

See galligaskins in American Heritage Dictionary 4

plural noun

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration (influenced by galley and Gascon)

Origin: of French garguesques

Origin: , variant of greguesques

Origin: , from Spanish gregüescos

Origin: , from griego, Greek

Origin: , from Latin Graecus; see Greek

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